New Ninjavideo Helper Applet

Ninjavideo.net has just released a brand new version of their Ninjavideo Helper Applet.   This most likely accounts for why the site was down for a brief period of time earlier today.   The applet is still in 'beta' and is now at version 0.3.9.  One of the biggest changes that comes with the new version of this applet is the addition of a captcha code that must be entered before watching any of the videos.  This will clearly be a new pain in the butt to go with the increasing list of pain in the butts that seems to come with Ninjavideo.net these days.  

Ninjavideo is claiming that this new helper should provide 'instant and super fast buffering.'  There are still many bugs with this new version.  Ninjavideo is now claiming that you must wait a certain amount of time between entering the captcha and actually pressing play.  It is important to wait this period before pressing play, otherwise the video will not work.

Probably the biggest disappointment with the new helper is what seems to be the disappearance of the grey download link that used to be in the upper left corner of videos.  This used to be a great and hassle free way of downloading movies for viewing later.  Upon first inspection upon the site after the update, it seems that this link is gone.  It is still available in some of the video pages, however, it is not available on the test video page for the new helper.  Hopefully, this is only a glitch and will not be a new adoption.  

NinjaVideo.net is Down

This is what you get from Ninjavideo.net when visiting their site right now. I do not doubt however that they will fix it, but I guess their "awesome" admins didn't see this happening.

The site says that the Service is Temporarily Unavailable.  The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems.  If you have anything to say leave it in the comments.  

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NinjaVideo Virus?

While doing some research for Ninjavideo Sucks, I came across an alarming post on Yahoo Answers. The person describes their experience with Ninjavideo and goes on to explain that Ninjavideo had infected his/her computer with adware/spyware and maybe even a virus. The person goes on to elaborate on the effects that the Virus had on their computer. They go on to say that they think that it was the applet that had done this to their computer. Here is a screen shot of their entry. If anyone else has had these effects on their computers or would just like to comment on the situation, feel free to discuss in the comment section.

NinjaVideo Helper Applet

Many have searched out there to discover what the Ninjavideo Helper actually does. There are different theories out there, but none of them have been proved or substantiated in any way so I will not spend time here to go over those ideas. There seems to be no real need for the Helper and all it seems to do is create problems for the users of the site by its sometimes lack of reliability. However, to be fair, the Helper does not seem to be doing anything detrimental either. It just seems that it is one more way that the admins of the site can express their need to maintain tyrannical control over their site. If there are any theories that you have come up with please feel free to share them in the comments section.

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